Research
What research method studies an individual or small group of individuals in-depth using a mixture of observation, interviews, and even medical records?
Case Study
Which area of the brain was likely damaged if you can no longer make memories?
Hippocampus
Which part of the brain is responsible for fear and agression?
Amygdala
When you get used to a smell or sound over time that is considered...
sensory adaptation
A step by step process to solve a problem is called an...
algorithm
Which variable is being measured in an experiment to determine change/effect?
The dependent variable
Your natural wake-sleep cycle is called your...
circadian rhythm
The brain and spinal cord make up the...
central nervous system
Retinal disparity is an example of a...
Binocular cue
assimilation
In a study to determine if students feel more anxiety after drinking caffeine, researches measure anxiety by monitoring changes in heart rate. In this study, what is the operational definition of anxiety?
Changes in heart rate
What connects the two hemispheres in your brain?
Corpus callosum
After a neuron fires it cannot fire right away for a short period of time. This is known as the...
refractory period
Which sense allows you to maintain balance?
Remembering how to tie a shoe or play or ride a bike is an example of what type of memory?
Procedural
After receiving a 94 on her midterm, Angelica states that she already knew she was only going to get one or two questions wrong. What is this an example of?
Hindsight Bias
Which part of your brain is responsible for speech production?
Broca's Area
Drugs that block receptors are called...
antagonists
Name at least 2 visual constancies.
Size constancy, shape constancy, color constancy
If someone suffers a brain injury and can no longer make new memories that would be called...
anterograde amnesia
In a normal distribution curve, what percentage of data points fall within 1 standard deviation above and below the mean?
68%
Your fight or flight response takes place in which part of your nervous system?
Sympathetic nervous system
Which part of your brain is responsible for regulating alertness/arousal?
Reticular Activating System (RAS)
Your ability to see a negative afterimage (like when we saw the red and white flag after starting at a green and black flag) is explained by what theory?
Opponent process theory
Believing that anyone described as being quiet and neat is more likely to be a librarian than a farmer is an example of the ...
representativeness heuristic